STATEMENT

Storied Streets is a film of many journeys. It is the journeys of those we met, as they try to find shelter, safety and acceptance. It was the personal journeys of those who were on the crews, listening to many heart-wrenching recounts of the circumstances that had lead to homelessness. And finally, it was the journey to make it relevant, to get the film seen and to create a movement of real change. All of the paths were difficult—some more difficult than others. But the most satisfying was when we decided to “test” the interest, compassion and concern of students across the country and see how they would react if the film were made available to screen on their campus. We had hoped for 25 or 50 screenings—we had over 700 screening to over 30,000 people. This is when we knew the film could move the needle, start needed conversation and make real change.

IMPACT

Storied Streets has been seen millions of times over 700 college campuses and on select PBS stations.

The film has been screened by Director Thomas Morgan at over 25 housing coalitions outside of Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week.

We are proud partners of the National Coalition for the Homeless and have offered the film for free screenings for the last three years as part of the National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, which is held each year the week before Thanksgiving.

The film has been given to many homeless organizations around the country to use as a fundraising tool.

The film was used to influence lawmakers in two cities in the US to get emergency shelters built.

Thomas Morgan has used the film to speak to the United States Congress twice about the laws that target the homelessness and perpetuate violence against them.​​

THE TEAM

Susan Sarandon

Executive Producer

Susan is an Academy award-winning actor who has made a career of choosing diverse and challenging projects in both film and television. From her fearless portrayal in Bull Durham to her Oscar-nominated performances in Thelma and Louise, Lorenzo’s Oil, The Client, and Atlantic City to her Academy Award-winning and SAG Award-winning role in Dead Man Walking.

Other film credits include the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pretty Baby, Stepmom, The Lovely Bones, Little Women, The Witches of Eastwick, and many, many others.

Ms. Sarandon is also an activist for many progressive and political causes. In 2006, she received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award. She was honored for her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, an advocate for victims of hunger and HIV/AIDS, and a spokesperson for Heifer International. Susan is also involved with Hope North, a charity in Uganda.

Jack Robbins

Director

​Jack Henry Robbins, son of Susan Sarandon, was born on May 15, 1989. He is a director and writer also known for Opening Night (2016) and Hot Winter (2017). www.jackhenryrobbins.com

Thomas Morgan

Producer

“Thomas Morgan is more than a filmmaker. He’s an astute observer of the human condition with a visionary drive to tell the stories of others in order to make the world a better place. ” – Steve Stein, Inside Asia

Thomas Morgan is a film Director whose films have been leveraged to create lasting movements with a specific call to action. In his first film, Storied Streets, Morgan captured the painful reality of homelessness in America and gracefully unearths pain and personal triumphs of those living unhoused in our country. Through the film he has elevated awareness of the problem on thousands of college campuses, petitioned in front of Congress, and pushed for laws to make violence against the homeless a hate crime and the abolishment of laws criminalizing homelessness.

With the 2013 documentary short film, Waiting For Mamu, he speaks to the power of one person through the story of Pushpa Basnet, who at age 21 began helping free innocent children from the prison floors in Nepal. The award-winning film has raised over $1.4M which helped to build a permanent home, The Butterfly Home, in Kathmandu and assisted in supporting the ongoing education of these children.

His latest film, Soufra, was a New York Times and LA Times critics pick, won several film-festival awards around the world and screened at the Vatican. The film tells the story of generational refugee Mariam Shaar and her quest for the basic right to own a business—a food truck. Soufra was used to raise nearly $1 million to build a school in the camp and now 150 refugee children have access to education.

Morgan was Executive Producer of Silenced, a film about US government whistleblowers, and India’s Daughter, an Oscar contending film about the rape and murder of a 23-year old medical student in India. He has been a keynote speaker many times on Capitol Hill and twice before the U.S. Congress. His TED Talk entitled Put On Your Underoos It’s Time To Save The World has been seen viewed by hundreds of thousands and was the commencement speaker at his alma mater given what has been called “One the best commencement speeches of 2015.”

Thomas attended college at Central Michigan University where he graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration in 1990. Morgan worked as real estate developer and investment banker for most of his career. In 2009, after a “series of unlikely events” Morgan left the corporate world behind to become a documentary filmmaker and activist.